常见英语后缀后缀是一种重要的构词法,通过后缀我们常常可以判断出一个词的词性
下面分四大类分别讲解一些常见后缀及其含义:一、名词后缀常见的此类后缀及其具体含义如下:1
-ster,-eer,-er(or)意为:从事某种职业或参与某种活动的人(personengagedinanoccupationoractivity)例词:gamester,gangster,songster,engineer,profiteer,mountaineer,auctioneer,driver,teacher,director,actor,professor2
-let意为:小或者不重要的东西(small,unimportantthings)例词:booklet(小册子),leaflet(小叶),starlet(小星)3
-ette意为:1)小的东西(small)例词:cigarette2)假的东西(imitation)例词:leatherette3)女性(female)例词:usherette4
-ess意为:女性(female)例词:actress,poetess,hostess,paintress5
-hood意为:时期(status;etc
)例词:boyhood,childhood,manhood6
-ship意为:才能,状态,资格,品质等(skill,state,condition,status,quality)例词:leadership,friendship,membership(会员资格),lectureship(讲师资格),sportsmanship7
-ful意为:量(theamountwhichnouncontains)例词:cupful,handful(一把手),mouthful(一口),spoonful8
-tion,-ion意为:1)状态,行动等(state;action